Kainos

Senior Security Architect

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2 months ago
Remote, United Kingdom +2 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the secure design of new cloud services and solutions in line with security strategies.
  • Identify security issues in existing system designs and recommend mitigations balancing cost, risk, and usability.
  • Apply security practices across application, infrastructure, network, web application, cryptographic, and software-development lifecycles.
  • Work with delivery teams to promote secure practices throughout the software development journey.
  • Test the security of software and infrastructure using appropriate security tools.
  • Educate customers, colleagues, and wider communities on effective security practices.
  • Manage, coach, and develop a small number of staff, including employee performance and career development.
  • Provide direction and leadership while solving challenging security problems.
  • Communicate security complexities to senior stakeholders and development teams.

Requirements

  • Expertise leading secure design for new cloud services and solutions.
  • Expertise identifying security issues in existing system designs and defining sensible mitigations.
  • Knowledge of security standards and regulations including NCSC, ISO, SoC, NIST, PCI, and GDPR.
  • Experience in AI, ML, data, cloud, M365, or security architecture.
  • Experience in application architecture, software development, or infrastructure architecture.
  • Industry experience in public, healthcare, defence, or commercial sectors.
  • Experience testing software and infrastructure security with appropriate tools.
  • Experience with continuous security, continuous integration, and continuous delivery techniques.
  • Experience with network security, including OSI and TCP/IP; web application security, including OWASP; and cryptographic controls, including PKI and TLS.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage, mentor, and coach team members and the wider community.
  • Excellent communication skills for audiences with varied technical abilities.
  • Desirable experience with identity management and authentication or authorization products and patterns.
  • Desirable involvement across the full security lifecycle and end-to-end security, including governance, risk and compliance, operational security, supply chain security, and secure user management.
  • Active participation in knowledge-sharing activities.
  • Penetration specialist certifications are desirable.

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1,001-5,000 employees
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